Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
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When getting water at a segregated fountain, young Morgan begins to reflect on the subject of race. Is one really superior?
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Is There a Superior Race?
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Researcher Josh Correll explains what led him to focus on rascism, and ithe importance of understanding it.
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The Puzzle of Racism
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An experiement shows when one person in a group starts to “take” instead of “give,” gradually most of the group will resort to taking for themselves as well. Are we influenced by our surroundings?
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Sharing Experiment
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Stereotypes affect everyones behavior; Josh Correll illustrates how little snippets of information can lead us to our behavior.
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Stereotypes
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No matter how arbitrarily a group is formed, we automatically find ourselves aligned with that group, putting it's needs before our own.
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Overriding Our Better Judgement
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Researchers have found that the feeling of joy at our rival's failure is something that our brains learn to crave.
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Brain Workings of Competition
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Morgan reflects on his youth, facing a stereotype and standing up to a bully.
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Can We Eliminate Evil?
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Do we need a time machine to time travel, or could a wormhole do the job?
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Building a Wormhole
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Can We Build a Time Machine?
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Professor Paul Davies uses a chocolate factory production line to illustrate how the future limits what can be in the present.
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Imagine Our Universe As A Chocolate Factory
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Some theorize we each have an individual slice of the present and our brains trick us into believing it is the same for all. Does our brain trick us into only seeing time in one direction, and could we change that view?
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Is There a Universal "Now?"
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Closed time like curves, exotic arrangements of matter overlapping back upon themselves, suggest it might be possible to go back in time. Professor Todd Brun studies this theory, but believes we cannot change events.
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Could We Go Back In Time?
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Experiments with subatomic particles show the future position of the particle limits where it can be in the present. Professor Paul Davies thinks may also be happening at the level of our everyday reality.
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Could the Future Affect What’s Happening Now?
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Morgan wishes his grandmother was still alive, which leads him to ponder the concept of time.
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Is Time Travel Possible?
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As young Morgan plays in the woods in summer, he wonders if time really exists
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Does Time Really Exist?
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Richard Lenski, who is conducting the world’s longest evolutionary experiment has tended colonies of e-coli over 27 years. After years, one strain mutates. Why did that group evolve?
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Evolution is Like Poker
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This phycological experiment demonstrates how quick humans are to recognize humanity or a perception of mind. Rivalries can form in an instant can decrease emapthy for the opposite group of people.
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All of the machines on which we rely today depend on reliably synchronized time. But could time be turned against us?
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A scientist who studies the minds of psychopaths is shocked to find out he carries the same genetic markers, leading him to delve into the dark side of his family history -- and his own personality.
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Patterns are all around us in nature, every second of every day. Even humans follow certain patterns through social rules and norms.
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Even Chaos Is Predictable, According To Physics
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At Switzerland's Idiap Research Institute, one man is on the front lines of the fight against cyberterrorism. He's an expert in biometrics. The more individual the biometric, the more difficult it is to attack.
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Can Biometrics Defeat Cyberterrorists?
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There are 12 fundamental particles of matter: eight for mass and four for force. The Higgs combines them, but there is no explanation for Dark Matter.
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The Higgs Has Been Found But A Huge Mystery Still Remains
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Morgan Freeman and 'Through the Wormhole' producers share why you should stay curious about science and question everything.
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Morgan Freeman Is Excited By Physics
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Is there a link between one's association with God and their ability to exert self control?
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Belief in God = Self Control?
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Researchers have found that the feeling of joy at our rival's failure is something that our brains learn to crave.
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Brain Workings of Competition
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Find out how elephants react when they see themselves in a mirror.
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Are Elephants Self Aware?
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When protons collide, thousands of new particles come out. Studying that debris is crucial to understanding the Higgs.
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When Protons Collide...
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A study tests whether humans are born to think there is a reason for everything around them.
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Are We Born With a Divine Mind?
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Brainwashing individuals is easier than you might think. If someone is susceptible enough, they could be willing to risk it all to save their group or cause.
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Can a Group Identity Turn into Brainwashing?
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